Kenneth was a little agitated. He picked up the phone. "Put through to Sumr Lancaster in the Planning Departnt."
"CEO, Director Lancaster called in sick today." Kenneth hung up imdiately. ’Is she sick today?’ He grabbed his suit jacket and left the office. Just then, Zane Fletcher ca looking for him and hurriedly called out when he saw him about to leave.
"Sir, there’s a financial report eting at ten."
"Postpone it. Postpone the afternoon ones, too." Kenneth didn’t look back, just rushed forward. Zane Fletcher pouted. ’You’re the CEO, so you call the shots, I guess.’
Kenneth ran several red lights. ’I wonder how Sumr is doing. I’m a little worried since I can’t see her.’
Sumr was asleep in her bedroom. Her head throbbed, and her sleep was light. Hearing a noise at the door, she got up to answer it. ’Who could be at my door?’ Before she even made it to the entrance, the door opened. It was Kenneth. ’Why is he here? Isn’t it work hours right now?’
"Kenneth, why are you here? Don’t you have work today?" Sumr’s voice was hoarse and she spoke slowly, breathing heavily.
Kenneth quickly changed his shoes. "I was afraid you’d die from this sickness."
Sumr was confused. ’How did he know I was sick? Could he be worried about ?’
"Kenneth, I’m fine. COUGH, COUGH..." Sumr covered her mouth as she coughed. It seed her cold had gotten worse.
"You... You were always like this, even as a kid. Always trying to act tough." As Kenneth spoke, he walked over and touched her forehead with his warm hand. Sumr froze, staring at his chest. Her face, already flushed from the cold, turned an even deeper shade of red.
"You have a fever, Sumr. Go lie down. I’ll go buy you so dicine." Kenneth had never treated Sumr like this before, and it left her feeling pleasantly overwheld. She obediently went to her room and lay down, listening to the quiet thumping of her own heart. Kenneth returned quickly, poured a glass of hot water, and helped her sit up to take the dicine.
"Here, take your dicine," he ordered, still as domineering as ever. Sumr obediently took it.
"Um, yesterday... did you spend the night at the bar?" Sumr asked, her face flushed.
"There’s nothing going on between and Becky. The dia is just fabricating things. Besides, this bit of gossip helped get rid of Audrey." Kenneth himself didn’t know why he was explaining all this to her; that wasn’t what she had asked.
Sumr hadn’t expected him to explain himself. She just felt a little guilty, thinking she shouldn’t have made him angry enough to leave yesterday. After she finished the dicine, Kenneth went into the study.
"Zane, switch the afternoon eting to a video conference." After hanging up, he opened his laptop. The top headline was the news about him and Becky.
Kenneth took out his phone and dialed Dominic Thorne’s number.
"Hello, Boss. What are your orders?"
"Dominic, delete that story your company reported about . I don’t want to see it ever again."
"Boss, didn’t you used to say we could report on your scandals however we wanted?"
"I told you to delete it, so just delete it. Why all the chatter?" Kenneth hung up, looking a bit weary. On the other end of the line, Dominic Thorne was completely baffled. ’A man’s sixth sense is telling sothing’s up with the boss. I need to et up with him soon and get the story out of him,’ Dominic thought.
The news story was deleted, and things seed to quiet down. The afternoon video conference proceeded as scheduled. Being a light sleeper, Sumr heard the sound of his voice, so she got out of bed to check on him. It turned out he was in a video conference. ’Why would he co back to see when he’s so busy? Is he concerned about ?’ Sumr patted her cheeks, trying to snap herself out of it.
The video conference lasted for an hour. When it was over, Kenneth leaned back in his chair, pinching the bridge of his nose. Sumr knocked on the door.
"Co in?"
"Have so coffee." Kenneth opened his eyes. Sumr’s complexion looked much better; at least it wasn’t flushed anymore.
"We don’t have any coffee beans at ho. Is instant coffee okay?" Kenneth didn’t say anything, just took a sip of the coffee. ’Instant coffee isn’t as bad as I thought.’
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